KINOVA
®
Gripper adapter kit
Installation Guide
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The Kinova joystick, which is used generally to control the Gen2
Ultra lightweight robot
and an
attached KINOVA
®
KG-Series gripper
, can still be used to control the movements of the robot
with the gripper adapter and Robotiq gripper connected.
Moreover, the gripper adapter electronics allow the joysick inputs which would normally
control the opening and closing of the
KG-Series gripper
to control the opening and closing of the
Robotiq gripper.
Note:
While the joystick can be used to control the Robotiq gripper, it does NOT allow for
control of the LEDs or the positioning laser. For control of the LEDs and the positioning laser,
the only alternative to control via the
Communicaon system
is
via the Kinova C++ API for the
robot
over a cabled Ethernet connection to the robot.
Note:
The stream from the video camera is available via the robot base joystick / expansion
connector. However, to use the joystick for control and access the video stream at the same
time,
a splitter cable is required.
Controlling the Robotiq gripper and gripper adapter using the Kinova robot C++ API
This section describes how to control the gripper and gripper adapter using the Kinova
API.
While the Robotiq gripper can be controlled using the Kinova joystick, the only way to control
the LEDs and positioning laser without the Kinova communication system is via the Gen2
Ultra
lightweight robot
C++ API over a cabled Ethernet connection to the robot. This connection also
allows control of the robot movements.
The Kinova SDK for the Gen2
Ultra lightweight robot
can be downloaded from the Kinova
Website technical resources page under 'Software' at:
https://www.kinovarobotics.com/en/
knowledge-hub/all-kinova-products
.
Detailed guidance on how to use the C++ API to control the gripper and gripper adapter is
beyond the scope of this document. However, for more information, please contact us via the
Kinova support page on our website at:
https://www.kinovarobotics.com/en/support
.
Controlling the Robotiq gripper with the Kinova joystick
This section describes how to control the Robotiq gripper using the Kinova joystick
